Great Fire of London: Man who first raised alarm identified

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New research shows someone was woken by smoke inside the bakery where the blaze began in 1666.

One note from MP Sir Edward Harley stated that Farriner's "man" had woken after 01:00 "with the choke of the smoke", and that Farriner, his daughter and Dagger had then escaped out of an upper window. Other sources also suggested Farriner's son was present.

"Soon after the disaster, he merges back into the usual records of Restoration life, having children and setting up his own bakery," she added.While the fire destroyed the city, only a few people are thought to have died in the blaze The research was funded by the museum's Reimagining the Restoration project, which has developed new teaching resources about the Great Fire that are available on the museum's website.Building regulations introduced after the blaze banned the use of wood "to erect any house or building, whether great or small"

 

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